This page contains a collection of links to
other sites which discuss Village Homes. We've tried to include only unique
information (there are a number of sites which mention Village Homes, but
merely contain a link to one of these sites).
American
Communications Foundation
A story which addresses the question "Why hasn't the Village Homes model
spread to other communities?"
Community
Greens
A summary of several special communities across the US, including Village
Homes.
Ecocomposite.Org
(site of Professor David A. Bainbridge)
Writeup by Professor Bainbridge, VH Resident and Co-author with Judy Corbett
of "Village Homes' Solar House Designs". Includes index of books and articles
about Village Homes.
Local Government
Commission
This organization offers organized walking tours of Village Homes (contact
information on the site). In addition, the site contains a lot of summarized
quantitative statistics on Village Homes construction, density, average energy
usage per capita, etc.
Rocky Mountain
Institute
Overview of Village Homes facts and figures.
Sustainable
Petaluma Network
A field trip by several Petalumans to VH, and their impressions upon seeing
it for the first time.
Time
Magazine
Part of a "Heroes for the Planet" series, with a profile of Michael
Corbett, and interview regarding his perspective on Village Homes circa 1999.
Also includes quotes by Judy Corbett and various Village Homes residents.
The
Town Paper
2002 interview with Judy Corbett discussing Village Homes and her nonprofit
group, the Local Government Commission.
UC
Berkeley Architecture Department
Student project to analyze and improve the passive solar design in a Village
Homes house.
Did we miss one? Are there other Village Homes-related
websites out there? Please let us know; email
the webmaster with the site link.